I didn't post in advance ('cos who wants to hear me moan some more lol) but it was the dreaded dentist visit today. I had a cleaning and a crown. I was sure when I had booked the appointment it was cleaning first, then the crown and a filling. I go there and it was crown first, no filling and then cleaning. Anyone who has read my blog for a while knows I am absolutely in terror of the dentist (bad childhood experience). I usually take Xanax beforehand and use laughing gas when I get there. Just the change in what I had thought was happening threw me off completely. I was really nervous and anxious and just UGH. While I was having my cleaning the hygienist saw something else and they want to refer me to a root canal specialist.
I'm not afraid to admit it but I cried in the car. I have so had enough of this. It doesn't seem to matter what I do, there is always something going on with my teeth. I took the referral but I'm going to think on it for a bit. I honestly don't know if we can afford it - at least not until this last lot is paid off. I sometimes think the providers think we have unlimited funds and if not, we can put it on a credit card that the credit card fairies just pay off.
To top it all off, when I got home, I had a sneezing fit and now my nose is running and I keep sneezing. Either it's a cold or I'm allergic to something from the dentist. I suppose I'll see in the morning.
As I said, I'm going to put it all to the back of my mind for a few days to find my balance once again. Tomorrow is supposed to be nice, at least later in the day, so I'm going to walk, craft and maybe sit in the garden. I'll do dailies, but I'm giving housework and any online selling stuff a rest
Photo for today - just daffodils starting to force themselves through the dead leaves at Asylum Lake. These had to be planted by the people who once farmed this land as part of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane. There are so many there that grow year after year and are a testament to how hardy these plants are.
Back tomorrow and I will be in better spirits.
Oh poor you... I've had root canal work done and it was ok, really. I force myself to recite The Lords Prayer through gritted teeth (figuratively, not really! although I did accidentally bite the dentist once) and focus on every detail of a particularly beautifulcday on the North York Moors. I was lucky with my childhood dentist; I had a colleague who needed a general anaesthetic before any work could be done - clearly not ideal. Ell done you for ploughing through the experience.
ReplyDeleteI've had a root canal before too. It's horrible but bearable. The cost is horrible though - over a thousand dollars. I can't bring myself to spend that again especially where it is and the problems I've had with the work they've already done there. Sigh. Decisions not made yet - I'm procrastinating.
DeleteYou survived to tell the tale. Hope today is much much better.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI am illiterate about plants and don't remember if I planted a type of Lilly or daffodils but hope they survived winter, along with the hydrangea. I hope your dentist visit trauma has passed. I can relate.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteAnything in my garden the deer eat lol
Hope you are feeling better, I'm not keen on our dentist, he is a lovely man, but is always suggesting expensive treatments.
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DeleteThat's part of the problem I think. They seem to think I have an endless supply of money and if not, just put it on credit. Sigh
Oh, Sharon, I am so sorry that you had such an upsetting visit to the dentist! You were brave to wait until you got to the car to cry. I have been known to cry while in the dental chair! I thought I was going for a filling and the dentist said I needed a root canal ($$$). I told him to just extract the tooth as it was cheaper and he presented me with all these forms that stated I was signing to indicate that I had refused treatment, etc., etc., etc. I was so overwhelmed that I sobbed right then and there! I did consent to the root canal, eventually; that was the tooth that was extracted at the end of February, this year, after it broke. Dental work is not cheap, is it? I have to go back in April to see what the next step is (I have another broken tooth that needs to be tended to).
ReplyDeleteI think you should take time to just pamper yourself and relax, tomorrow. (((HUGS)))
Thank you. I'm glad I'm not alone. Sometimes all the dental work seems a bit pointless. Hope you have better news on the other tooth!
DeleteI'm sorry about the dentist visit and the teeth problems. I agree about all the referrals....from one, to next...
ReplyDeleteand more money lol
DeleteThat was a nasty experience. I'm so sorry you had to go through it so unexpectedly.
ReplyDeleteIt was all very off-putting
DeleteI sympathise about your dental problems, I am having them at the moment too. I was a bit thrown when the dentist worked on both my problem teeth at the same visit when he had said he would do one at the first visit and the other a different day. Luckily one of them has been no trouble, but the one where I had the injection won't settle down.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is seriously allergic to sodium metabisulphate which is in some processed foods and also dental anaesthetics as a bleaching agent, she would be quite poorly if she was given an injection. Hope you feeling better soon. Root canals are not always the answer but convenient for the dentist as a bit of a cure all I think.
You can always get a second opinion.
Oh no - that wasn't good! That would have thrown me a bit off course too!
DeleteI still haven't made a decision on the consultant. I'm going to wait for a few days and make a decision. I suppose I can go and then not get anything done. Sometimes I just feel like not going back to the dentist at all!
Sorry you had such a horrible experience. XXXXX
ReplyDeleteThank you. I really dread going. Sigh
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